Jiva Performing Arts presents B’Rhythm: Beats in Motion on August 14th as part of the NYC Open Culture program. The show will take place on Garfield Place between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue in Brooklyn.

B’ Rhythm creates a living dialogue between Indian Classical music, dance, and world percussion sounds and movements.  Inspired by the rhythms we see and hear in NYC every day, this project is an eccentric approach to combining indian classical sounds, movements, and storytelling with folk and hybrid choreography. B’ Rhythm is a unique endeavor that addresses the evolving nature of our cultural landscape and city. The projects bring together some of NYC’s finest talents of music and dance in a celebratory-style street festival. Featuring Indian Classical percussion and dance, Flamenco, Waacking, West African dance and music, Stepping, and Modern dance and movement.

This project challenges Jiva to further innovate in our approach to creating and presenting works based in the Classical Indian traditions of Bharatanatyam dance and Carnatic music. The music is composed by Bala Skandan, a highly regarded Indian classical percussionist and composer based in NYC, and choreography by Brinda Guha, Indian contemporary dance and Kathak artist who is blurring boundaries of movement styles, and Sonali Skandan, one of the more visible Indian classical dance artists in the US today.  

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.   #restartNYgrantee

Production Support by Open Culture Works 

For more information go to www.jivaperformingarts.org/